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'The Masked Singer': Red Sox legend is first celebrity unmasked in season premiere -- A popular former Red Sox star was the first celebrity unmasked during the show's season premiere on Wednesday night.

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Boston music doesn't need to be resuscitated. It needs a rebrand.

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don aucoin review - How do you solve a problem like 'The Sound of Music'? The show, running through Jan. 18 at the Citizens Opera House, has some inherently treacly elements, but assured direction and a strong lead performance help prove why it's been remarkably durable.

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Bruno Mars to make Gillette Stadium debut as part of new 'Romantic Tour' -- On Thursday, Mars announced that he will soon embark on "The Romantic Tour," his first global headline tour in almost a decade.

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Greg Davies and Alex Horne on taking 'Taskmaster' on the road and who their most enthusiastic contestant was -- The cohosts bring a live version of the show to the Wilbur on Jan. 17.

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The Year in Arts - The 20 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2025 - From the return of the DunKings to Coldplaygate at Gillette, here are the year's top Boston pop culture moments.

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Odie Henderson: The 10 best movies of 2025

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Chris Vognar: The top 10 (ish) television shows of the year

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Murray Whyte: In a year of tumult for the arts, a few bright moments stand out

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BOOKS -- Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 4 -- Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

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BOOKINGS -- The best local book events this week -- All author appearances are virtual unless otherwise noted.

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STORY BEHIND THE BOOK -- Cynthia Zarin never expected to write novels. Now she's not sure she'll stop. -- "Estate" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is the second novel by poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin, and like its predecessor, "Inverno," features the same main character, a woman named Caroline.

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BOOKS - The men who built the American literary canon - New biographies present Malcolm Cowley and Bennett Cerf, two titans in the book world.

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The HBO documentary 'Critical Incident' looks at a death, and a coverup, on the border -- The title sounds like it belongs to a generic action movie, but it's the name of a shadowy piece of government bureaucracy.

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Here are 10 of the best documentaries of 2025 -- Read on for Globe critic Odie Henderson's picks of the best documentaries of the year.

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'Breakdown: 1975′ has intriguing intentions but a muddled execution -- The documentary digs into an influential year in moviemaking, but has a wider focus than just the year in the title.

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A new gem among the MFA's studiously historic galleries: Modern art

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'It is America's first music': Conductor Everett McCorvey on the importance of preserving Negro spirituals

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2026 Golden Globes: 15 nominated films you can stream this weekend

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It's only forever, not long at all: 'Labyrinth' turns 40

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Celebrity Series of Boston becomes Vivo Performing Arts

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'One Battle After Another' dominates SAG's Actor Awards with 7 nominations

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'Stranger Things' finale reveals how two fan-favorite characters end up in Massachusetts

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Mass. is home to more than four dozen Grateful Dead cover bands — and local Deadheads can't get enough

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Why TV loves hospital shows — and why 'The Pitt' is the best one ever

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Back to 'Blackstar': This show memorializes the decade since David Bowie's death

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Amy Poehler, Ayo Edebiri, and more 2026 Golden Globe nominees with New England ties

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Former Saks stylist accused in $400,000 fraud case sues retailer, claiming retaliation

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Philanthropist John Axelrod remembered in Back Bay for his generosity and love of dogs

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Carmen de Lavallade, mesmerizing dancer and choreographer, dies at 94

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Debut novel 'Lost Lambs' has a keen eye for the grotesque, and an ear for euphemism

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Hungarian director Béla Tarr, known for darkly comic films, dies at 70

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'Honestly, it's kind of shocking to me': Ben Affleck talks playoff-bound Patriots on 'Kimmel'

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